Domeček

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Domeček (or Hradčanský domeček) is an informal name for a former small prison in Hradčany, district of Prague. The name in Czech means 'small house' and refers to the size of the building.

Domeček, placed next to the building of a military court, had served as a military prison during the Austro-Hungarian period. It was used by the Gestapo during World War II and since 1948 the Czechoslovakian security service (StB) employed it as a secret prison. It hosted 30 solitary cells.

StB used the place for torture of political opponents, among them the officers of the pre-war army or members of the anti-nazi resistance.

References

• Zdeněk F. Šedivý: Domeček - Mučírna na Hradčanech, Moba, 2004, ISBN 80-243-1338-3

External links

• Articles about using Domeček as a torture center: [1], [2] Archived 2007-03-10 at the Wayback Machine, [3] Archived 2007-03-11 at the Wayback Machine (all texts in Czech)